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Francois Alewijn Smit (abt. 1784)

Francois Alewijn Smit
Born about in Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
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Brother of , , , , , , , [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 20 Sep 1812 in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colonymap
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Died [date unknown] in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colonymap
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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
Francois Alewijn Smit was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Profile category is "Needs Validation" & "Needs Transcription" - Which means the uploading of a baptism image, properly cited so that it will not cause copyright issues, and the full transcription of the the baptism entry with LNAB (LastNameAtBaptism) to prove the spelling in order for the profile te be Project Profile Protected!

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Biography

Name

Francois [1][2] Alewijn [1] (Alewyn [2]) Smit [1][2]

Birth

Date: Francois Alewyn was born before 21 Oct 1787 [1] / about 1784. [2]
Place: Stellenbosch, Cabo de Goede Hoop [2]

Baptism

Date: 21 Oct 1787 [1]
Place: Cape Town, [South Africa] [1]

Marriage

First Marriage
Aletta van der Merwe.
Second Marriage
On 20 Sept 1812 he married Hendrina Magdalena Maartens [3] [4]
Marriage record of Francois and Hendrina
He was a widower when he married Hendrina Magdalena Maartens in 1812. [2]
They had the following children according to Hendrina's death notice: [5]
1. Hendrina Magdalena Smit
2. Cecilia Jacomina Smit
3. Anna Maria Elizabeth Smit
4. Catharina Petronella Smit
5. Francois Alewijn Smit
6. Jacobus Johannes Smit
7. Jacomina Jacoba Smit
8. Burgert Godlieb Smit

Death

Place: Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony [2]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 WikiTree profile Smit-194 created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011 by Judy Potgieter.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 WikiTree profile Smit-5052 created by Ewald Schmidt on 12 Feb 2020. Sources:
  3. ↑ Marriage of Francois Smit and Hendrina Maartens. Added by Kobus Trichardt on 8 Aug 2021.
  4. ↑ Marriage Register 1812 Marriage on 20 Sep 1812 with Francois Alewijn Smit added by Ewald Schmidt on 20 Feb 2020
  5. ↑ "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch DN of Hendrina : 11 October 2018), 004433417 > image 1082 of 2173; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Added by Kobus Trichardt on 6 March 2021




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Marriage of Francois Alwijn Smit and Hendrina Magdalena Maartens
Marriage of Francois Alwijn Smit and Hendrina Magdalena Maartens


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Schmidt-11189 Ewald Schmidt
Smit-5052 and Smit-194 appear to represent the same person because: The same parents, but my profile has his second wife. I created a new profile because I did not have the correct spelling of his first name.
posted by Ewald Schmidt
Coetsee-48 Susanna Hendrina Elisa (Coetsee) de Bruyn
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-WTXD?i=366&cat=993682
posted by Susanna Hendrina Elisa (Coetsee) de Bruyn

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